Good Question!

Most people groan at theology or debate. I’ve always enjoyed them, with fond memories as early as grade school. And I love it when someone raises a question I hadn’t thought of, which is what a good friend recently did to me.

The question had to do with the Bible, and it wasn’t a matter of why did God let something happen, but why did God write the specific stuff down for us! WOW! Who are we to get into God’s head and figure out what and how and why He did something! It all pertained to the book of Job.

We discussed how God didn’t do any of those things to Job, but that He allowed the devil to do his dastardly deeds to this innocent guy. We talked about how perfectly the book “proves” 1 Corinthians 10:13 where we are told God only allows what we can bear to happen to us. We also talked about the obvious extra blessings for the hardship he suffered and that bad things do happen to good people. We even talked about when I thought the book might have actually been written (I’m a pre-flood theorist, myself).

I realized through the discussion that as smart and beautiful as God created Satan, he never seems to “get it” that God is God! Or he wouldn’t have tried to “prove” Him wrong. And I always think how Job’s trials immortalized him. I don’t believe there would be a recording of his existence if he had remained a God-fearing, rich man without the suffering he experienced.

But why did God record this specific information for us? Is there something there that we can’t live without knowing? I’m sure we each have a different story to share or theory to explore. Thanks, dear friend, for taking me on a new mental journey and helping me discover things I hadn’t thought of before. And for not expecting me to know all the answers.